18. Finding Strength Amidst Labels with Cheryl Schiltz
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💡 In 1997, Cheryl was introduced to disability: getting to a place where you understand that you're still you. 01:37
🤔 Asking yourself the Why question all the time. 04:49
📖 Silencing the Noise of Disability book: Cheryl’s story about fighting against the noise. 06:43
🏷️ Differently-abled, disabled, and all other labels: We are all the same! 08:46
🧠 Disability is just a frame of mind: treat me as a person! 10:51
🤯 Autism symptoms AnnaMaria got after a severe car accident. 12:18
🛑 Cheryl’s bullies: the noise of disability. 13:52
🤩 The 2.0 Self and beautiful acceptance. 15:53
⛓️ The noise created a chain around Cheryl’s ankle. 20:25
🔇 Veterans also have to quiet the noise to get unstuck. 21:19
🌺 We have a choice: future thinking and making our lives beautiful. 22:17
😷 Everybody is the same: All of us are together in a challenging situation. 24:18
😇 Cheryl decided to do PT on her terms. 27:12
👏 “We have a boatload of power within ourselves. Nobody should tell us what we have to do”. 30:15
Connect with Cheryl: www.linkedin.com/in/cheryl-schiltz-97259919
Book: www.amazon.com/dp/B09LTJ6DB8
👉 Connect with AnnaMaria: www.linkedin.com/in/annamariabliven
⭐ Connect with AnnaMaria: www,onwardupwardinc.org
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